Sunday, February 19, 2006

WTF?!

Umm okay... how come nobody told me about this?
HR 4437 Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act (sounds disasterous just by the name) was passed by the house in December and is currently in the Senate.

Here are a few tidbits on HR 4437:
-Reduces LEGAL immigration by eliminating the visa lottery which allows 50,000 people a year apply for visas
-Adds 700 miles of fencing at the US-Mexico border
-Makes it a federal aggravated felony to be in the U.S. without proper documentation. This would make it nearly impossible for people to obtain immigration relief
-Criminalizes teachers, hospitals, social workers, clergy, and basically ANYONE who assists undocumented immigrants.

Dianne Feinstein is on the Senate's Immigration Subcommittee, let her know what you think:
Phone:
San Francisco office: (415) 393-0707
Washington, D.C. office: (202) 224-3841

Fax:
San Francisco office: (415) 393-0710
Washington, D.C. office: (202) 228-3954

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So yeah.. can you believe that.. a fence!? Didn't we take this land from Mexico? Too bad there are so many people against immigrants that you know this is going to pass.. how are we moving back in time on so many issues.. I hate our president!!!!!

Anonymous said...

hell too bad we can't leave bush on the other side